Definition for Subtract:

• To take away from the rest; deduct.

Synonyms for Subtract:

• n.

  •
  • sweep away,
  • dislodge,
  • flush out,
  • weed out,
  • extract,
  • get out,
  • take,
  • clear,
  • remove.
  •
  • estimate,
  • assess,
  • reckon,
  • prove,
  • compute,
  • count,
  • project,
  • add up,
  • determine.
  •deduct (noun)
  • take away.
  •subtract (noun)
  • take off.

• v.

  •calculate (verb)
  • dopes out,
  • fore cast,
  • doping out,
  • multi-plying,
  • totes up,
  • fore-told,
  • kept tabs,
  • fore-telling,
  • fore-tells,
  • toting up,
  • doped out,
  • fore-casts,
  • fore told,
  • fore telling,
  • sub-tract,
  • fore tell,
  • fore-casting,
  • fore casting,
  • sub tracts,
  • fore-tell,
  • sub tract,
  • taking account of,
  • sizes up,
  • fore-cast,
  • takes account of,
  • fore casts,
  • sized up,
  • sub-tracts,
  • toted up,
  • multi plying,
  • multi-plied,
  • took account of,
  • fore tells,
  • keeps tabs.
  •change (verb)
  • subtract.
  •deduct (verb)
  • takes from,
  • re moving,
  • de-duct,
  • de duct,
  • re-move,
  • with-drawn,
  • took from,
  • re-moving,
  • taking from,
  • re move,
  • rolls back,
  • re duce,
  • de ducted,
  • re-bates,
  • all owing,
  • de-ducts,
  • re bating,
  • with drawn,
  • re-bate,
  • de-ducted,
  • with draws,
  • with-draw,
  • de ducts,
  • with-drew,
  • all owed,
  • re-duces,
  • re bate,
  • all-owing,
  • de-ducting,
  • re-duce,
  • decreasing by,
  • re-bated,
  • re duces,
  • re bates,
  • rolled back,
  • all-owed,
  • rolling back,
  • re-moves,
  • with draw,
  • de ducting,
  • decreases by,
  • with-drawing,
  • with drew,
  • with drawing,
  • re moved,
  • re-bating,
  • re bated.
  •discount (verb)
  • sold discount,
  • re deeming,
  • makes allowance for,
  • holding sale,
  • under sell,
  • sells at discount,
  • held sale,
  • dis counts,
  • sell discount,
  • re-deeming,
  • re deemed,
  • under-sells,
  • hold sale,
  • under-sold,
  • re deem,
  • dis-counted,
  • re-deem,
  • holds sale,
  • under sold,
  • made allowance for,
  • selling discount,
  • holds a sale,
  • dis-counts,
  • struck off,
  • strook off,
  • holding a sale,
  • re-deems,
  • under-selling,
  • takes away,
  • sells discount,
  • dis counting,
  • striking off,
  • under sells,
  • sold at discount,
  • selling at discount,
  • under selling,
  • held a sale,
  • strikes off,
  • under-sell,
  • dis-counting,
  • dis counted.
  •draw back (verb)
  • re-treat,
  • re-coil,
  • starting back,
  • re-ceding,
  • re coiled,
  • re-cede,
  • re ceded,
  • re ceding,
  • reeled in,
  • re treats,
  • re-coils,
  • re-treated,
  • re coil,
  • starts back,
  • reels in,
  • re coils,
  • re coiling,
  • reeling in,
  • re treated,
  • re treating,
  • re cedes,
  • re-treats,
  • re-ceded,
  • started back,
  • re-coiling,
  • re-treating,
  • re-coiled,
  • re-cedes,
  • re cede.
  •subtract (verb)
  • reduce,
  • abridge,
  • lower,
  • crop,
  • shear,
  • prune,
  • decrease,
  • cut,
  • elide,
  • curtail,
  • diminish,
  • weed,
  • dock,
  • pare,
  • trim,
  • delete,
  • clip,
  • lessen,
  • shave,
  • depreciate,
  • bob.
  •take away (verb)
  • withhold,
  • take out,
  • knock off,
  • detract,
  • withdraw.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • rebate.
  •
  • allow.
  •
  • abate.
  •calculate
  • keeping tabs,
  • Gauging,
  • Numbered,
  • Summed,
  • gauge,
  • Accounted,
  • sizing up,
  • enumerate,
  • Tallied,
  • take account of,
  • size up,
  • dope out,
  • Valuing,
  • tote up,
  • keep tabs,
  • tot,
  • Summing.
  •discount
  • make allowance for,
  • underselling,
  • marks down,
  • mark down,
  • undersell,
  • hold a sale,
  • undersells,
  • marked down,
  • took away,
  • sell at discount,
  • Undersold,
  • strike off,
  • taking away,
  • marking down,
  • making allowance for.
  •draw back
  • start back,
  • recede,
  • pulls back,
  • pulled back,
  • retreating,
  • sheathe,
  • pulling back,
  • pull back,
  • reel in.

Paraphrases for Subtract:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    subtraction.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    lay, detract, remove, delete, deduce, reduce, reducing, eliminate, Eliminating, circumvent, diminish, infer, exclude, relieve, divert, undermine, avoid, shirk, decrease, evade, escape.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    withdraw.

Antonyms for Subtract:

• v.

  • take away
    expand, develop, remain, increase, add, enlarge, stay, grow.
  • Other antonyms:
    beef, supplement, boost, raise, tack, heighten, complement, magnify, compound, enhance, intensify.

Subtract Sentence Examples:

• Courcelles succeeded in robbing the prisoners who were in his charge in a more cautious manner than his predecessor; he, in short, contrived to subtract something for himself from any remittances which reached them, and paid them francs for livres.

• It is given here entire, for to subtract a word from it would be an irreparable injury.

Hyponym for Subtract:

• v.

  • change
    cut down, cut, trim back, trim, bring down, cut back, trim down, reduce.